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Resolved, in 2014: Less apologies, more stand-ups standing up for themselves. Follow Natasha Leggero’s lead!
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Resolved, in 2014: Less apologies, more stand-ups standing up for themselves. Follow Natasha Leggero’s lead!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 4, 20142

A friend asked me on New Year’s Day if I’d heard the joke Natasha Leggero had made on live TV the night before, and I …

Looking back, looking forward: Real talk with Alonzo Bodden about podcasts, Last Comic Standing, acting and the media
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Looking back, looking forward: Real talk with Alonzo Bodden about podcasts, Last Comic Standing, acting and the media

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 3, 2014January 3, 2014

What difference does a year make? Alonzo Bodden headlines this weekend at Carolines on Broadway to open 2014, just as he had 2013. Later this …

Judd Apatow and Jay Leno reminisce about their first interview together in 1983
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Judd Apatow and Jay Leno reminisce about their first interview together in 1983

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2013

Judd Apatow appeared on Thursday’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno to promote Anchorman 2, but host and guest also took a couple of minutes to …

Budd Friedman reminisces about The Improv on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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Budd Friedman reminisces about The Improv on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 27, 20132

You don’t often see a comedy club owner on as a guest for a late-night TV talk show. But Budd Friedman has owned one or …

Ty Barnett on The Tonight Show, on turning 40
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Ty Barnett on The Tonight Show, on turning 40

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 21, 2013

Ty Barnett was back on The Tonight Show this week, and now, he’s reflecting on turning 40 and being a father of two. Forty is …

John Oliver was so good at substitute hosting The Daily Show, HBO is letting him host his own weekly show in 2014
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John Oliver was so good at substitute hosting The Daily Show, HBO is letting him host his own weekly show in 2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 18, 2013

John Oliver did such a stellar job substituting this summer as host of The Daily Show, everyone just naturally assumed Oliver had become the de …

As “Childish Gambino,” Donald Glover performs on Arsenio, explains his current thoughts and goals
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As “Childish Gambino,” Donald Glover performs on Arsenio, explains his current thoughts and goals

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 13, 20131

The artist formerly known as Donald Glover made an appearance Tuesday night on The Arsenio Hall Show in his sleepwear and slippers, performing one of …

Jimmy Fallon announces Nate Bargatze’s NBC development deal in his “Late Night” intro
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Jimmy Fallon announces Nate Bargatze’s NBC development deal in his “Late Night” intro

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 11, 2013

Nate Bargatze already performed once this year on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and back in June, Fallon couldn’t have enough nice things to say …

SNL #39.5 RECAP: Host Kerry Washington, musical guest Eminem
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SNL #39.5 RECAP: Host Kerry Washington, musical guest Eminem

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 3, 2013November 3, 2013

If you thought the timing of casting Kerry Washington as guest host of Saturday Night Live seemed suspicious when you first heard about it a …

Team Coco celebrates 20 Years of Conan #Conan20
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Team Coco celebrates 20 Years of Conan #Conan20

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 29, 2013October 31, 20131

We first saw Conan O’Brien as a bona fide late-night TV talk-show host on NBC in September 1993. It’s never too late to celebrate a …

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